This is an analysis of the poem Not One Who Runs Will Win that begins with:

Not one who runs will win this race.
Or come close to see the finish line....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeeffddeXfXbdXdX ffadecXXbdfbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111010101 01010111 111101100 011110001 0101100101 001110100 1111100111 10011111101 1010101101 1101101010 11 010001 0111011111100 11010011010010 1110101 01101010 0010101010001 010101001 100111 1001001 1001 1001101 1001001 10110011 10 111101 0011001 11001111 01 010101 0010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, off, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word off is repeated.

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  • summary of Not One Who Runs Will Win;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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